001/*
002 * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
003 *
004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
008 *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009 *
010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014 * limitations under the License.
015 */
016package org.springframework.batch.support.annotation;
017
018import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
019import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
020import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
021import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
022import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
023import java.lang.annotation.Target;
024
025/**
026 * Mark a method as capable of classifying its input to an instance of its
027 * output. Should only be used on non-void methods with one parameter.
028 * 
029 * @author Dave Syer
030 * 
031 */
032@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
033@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
034@Inherited
035@Documented
036public @interface Classifier {
037
038}